The Sun. — London, England, 1809-08-23 00:00:00

Sae, Gent. James Calder, Gent. William Pules, Gene. Wm. Murr , y, Cent. To be Ensigns -Wm. Sutherland. Gent. Wm. Henderson, Gent. john Swanson, C ent• To be Quarter- Master—Amdrew"Geddes, Gent. I.:ommissiun in the 38th or Ayrshire Regiment of Militia, signed by the Lord Lieutenant. To be Captain—John Eccles, Esq. vice_ Fulton, displaced. Commissions signed by the Lord Lieutenant pf the County of Salop. North Regiment of Shropshire Local Militia, To be Ensign—Robert Price, Gent. vice Greet, promoted. Wrekin Regiment of Shropshire Local Militia. To be Major—Captain Thomas Bayley. To he Captain - Hugh Montgomery Campbell,,Esq To be Lieutenant—Edward Powell, Gent. vice Henshaw, resigned. To be Ensigns—lain Hombersley, Cent. Robert Lawley, Gent. ‘.?,(lartcr-tiaster Turner to have the rank. of Ensign. BANKRUPTS. Thonias Renwell, of Newman-street,Oxford-street, Middle coach-maker, to surrender August z 6, 30, and Octo ber 3, at eleven, at Guildhall, London. AttornieS, Messrs. Smart and Thoinas, Staple's-I on. ;oho Trevors, late of Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, money scriwner; Sept. rr, 12, and October 3, at eleven, at the White Hart Inn, Lincoln. Attornies, Mr. john Nichol son, Louth ' • or Messrs. Leigh and Mason, New Bridge street, Blaclcfriars. London. lohn Jones, john Owen, and Henry Abbott, of BucklerburY, London, merchants, August 26, Sept. 2, and October 3, at ten, at Guildhall. Attorney, Mr. Wilde, jun. Castle street, Falcon-square. DWIDENDS. Sept. 16. Williatp 011ivant, of Manchester, cotton-manu fadwer, at three, at the Bridgewater Arms Ina, Man. chester. Sept, O. George Lockwood, of Huddersfield, Yorkshire, wcollen-draper, at three, at the Mosley's Arms Inn, ;Winchester. Sept. 16. Thompson Pater, late of Shadwell, High.street, Nliddlesex, surgeon and apothecary, at eleVen, ut Guild hail. Nov. tr. John Mosely, late of Goole, but now of Swine Fleet Howden, Yorkshire, potatoe-merchant, at eleven, at Guildhall. Sept. Is. (ohn Winn, of Sherburn, Yorkshire, fishmonger, twelve, at the Swan lnn, Abertord. Sept. is. Richard Gill, of Wakefield, Yorkshire, miller, at the Straflord Arms Inn, Wakefield. Sept. 14. Edward Aitkine Davidson, of Newcastle-upon grocer, at eleven, at the Shakspeare Tavern, New castle-upon-Tyne. Sept. 16. Ann Church, of New Bond:.street, Middlesex, attwelve, at Guildhall. October '7. (oseph Waybran and lames Gerrard; of S wan street, Minorie:, London, corn-faCtors, at twelve, at Sept, t 3. Ann Neve, of the Strand, Middlesex, milliner, tu el ve, at Guildhall. Nov. tI. John Dand, of Kirby Stephen, Westmoreland, banker and manutaeturer, at eleven, at Ggildhall, Lou. (ion. October 30. John Bacon, of Sutton, in Ashfield, Notting hamshire, cotton-spinner, at eleven, at the Punch Bowl, Nottingham. Sept. 13. Witham Smith, of Plymouth, silversmith, at ele ven, at the Pope's Head Inn, Plymouth.. Sept. Willian4 Chambers, of Carlisle, Cumberland, at eleven, at the Lion and Lamb Inn, Carlisle. Nov. 14. Frederick Kampf, Rattibone-place, Oxford-street, Middlesex, cabinet-maker, at twelve, at Guildhall. Nov. 7. George Pullinger and Henry Pullinger, of Ropley, near Alresford, Hants, woollen-drapers, at one, at Guild hall, London. C'ERTIFIC , 4TE , S. S: pt. 12. Charles Charlton, of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, lherehant. Robert t.)xen, of Scatfuldhill-mill, Northumberland, miller. Edward Stall nrd, of York-street, Commercial-road, WA dlase, flour-factor. lohn 1-leery Wilkinson, late of Bond-court, Walbrook, Lon. don, tactor. lohn •theppard. of Horton-Mills, Colebrook, Buckingham. shire, leather-seller. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. john' Reyncldson, Richard Pishwick, loseph Crane, and Samuel Crane, of Bromley, St. Leonard, Middlesex, 1 - .1-_•w•crs. Elizabclh Ragley and Joseph Necld, of Great Shire-lane, Temple-oar, law-statioriers. Richard Hawkshead and IVilliain Barnard, of Manchester, manufacturers and merchants. Set': liyde, of Exeter, fiercer and woollen-draper, and Abraham Tozer, of the same place, linen-draper. Hopkin Perkins, lames Davies, and Benjamin bower, of coal-mer_hants. Samuel Kiston, sen. and Samuel Kirton, jun, of Ashby-de. ia Louch, Leicestershire, mercers and drapers. MAILS. 41tit tv to -41 Waterford. Do E 3 Gottenburgh, t Li s bon, Malta, Watenord. PRICE OF STOCKS TitlS DAY AT TWaI,VIL O'CLOCK. , CAISOS 684 1 Ittd. Ann. - THE SUN. - . 69 auLau cuts 7ALsUif ADDRAT 3 L 0 N D 0 N, WEDWEiDAY, AUGUST 23, 1809. Yesterday Captain cor...umfiwz arrived in Town Dispatches from Culonel AI4xwEL.I., the Com mandant at Qoree, announcing 1114. capture of Sene gal. The Garrison, which consisted of t6O Europe- Ans, surrendered Prisoners of I•Var. We sustained nu, loss in men upon tliis occasion, but we ate sorry to say that the So/e4ty Frigale, in at tacking a battery, ran aground, and 'could not be got off. The crew akd 4tl be e r stores are saved. The Gazette of Last night contains a letter from I,,)rd G,j.a7•xaii, dated August 20. It appears that t Garriion of Flushing was much stsonger than his Lordship supposed, when he sent off, his former dis, p tithes.. The 51CC6SS which has hitherto attended our Ex pedition to ttie Coast of Holland, seems not only to have vxcited the anger, but to have confused the undur,tanilit g• 4 of the Opposition Writers. In their' to censure Ministers they never have been vt.:iy attentive to justice, but it Was not till- lately that they seemed determined to set common sense at defiance. We have heard, and we have read, of inoznerable attacks upon Ministers upon the subjet of Expeditions, on a great variety of grounds; that they' were direaed to a wrong object—that the forte etuployed was not sufficiently strong to accomplish cbjea—that the objea itself was .not worth the expence and the risque=that it was not Ole o'ojca, ere. bat the pre -,-•tit ();)r, , ition are the iTrst who ever censured , • • . . !rl the success of , • ... , which must 4tpen4 in a great degree on keeping its destination a secret, they did not unequivocally any. nounce to the Enemy its nbjea ; or, in other words, because they did not send off a part of the Expedi tion before the whole was complete. This very se, gacious mode of proceeding would certainly have been worthy of all the Talents—it would have risqued the safety of that part of the Expedition which was sent off, and have enabled the Enemy to have prepared for the reception of that which was to follow. ,B;:t, in order to make their accusations more exquisitely absurd, they censure Ministers for giving time to the enemy to remove the stores from the arsenal at Antwerp, and then suggest a plan of operations which would have just given them double the time. For if, according to their plan, a part of the Expedi tion lad been sent to attack Flushing, during the operations against that place, the enemy would of course have fortified South Beveland, and a fortnight or three weeks more would have been occupied in reducing that island, before we could approach Lillo and Antwerp. • There is really something uncom monly paradoXical in the speeches and writings of the Opposition of late; Mr. PONSotilly found out that we had augmented the navy of our enemies by taking their ships—and we are now told that the most effeaual way of accelerating our approaches to Ant werp, would have been to have mutiplied the obsta clesthat retarded our progress. To such reasoning it would be difficult to give a serious answer; with such opponents it is almost impossible to be angry; we shall therefore content ourselves with asking them, where they got their in formation, that all the Stores had been removed from the Arsenal of Antwerp ?—and in challenging them to produce one single instance of delay, either in the equipment of the Expedition, or in its operations since it sailed, which could justify the Paper alluded to, in asserting - that " time had generously- been allowed the Enemy to remove the Depat at Ant werp." Yesterday a Cabinet Council was held at the Fo reign Office. Yesterday morning his MAJESTY and Princesses AUGUSTA and SOPH lA, rode in Windsor Park. PreparatiOnS are makingfor the departure of their Royal Highnesses the Princesses AMELIA and MARY, on.an excursion to Weymouth, tor the benefit of their health. It is supposed they will leave Wind sor on Monday next. We have received the following letter from the Island of Walcheren, containing some interesting information relative to the state ot Flushing, &c. TER- VEER, AUG,. 17.—1 have returned here from the batteries before Flushing, vdreie I had been from the commencement of the I;oeobardinent, at half -past. ten o'clock, P. M. on Sunday. The town capitulated about tour o'clo k on Tues , .ay, and the garrison cousisied of neaily Goon men. T; e town has been most dreadtitllt menduus file of eight or nine ships ot t h e line o n one side, and the laud batteries on tile nt er, have re duced many of the houses to ruin 3. The Silica House, the Old Church, the Exchange; and a great part of the quay, are levelled to the ground. The town was on fire during Itt onighis in several places, and would have been reduce(' to ashes, had we not, in pity to the, ‘i retched inhabitants, sometimes sus pended the dreadful woik of destruction. The gar rison made some desperate sorties during the si ege , but they were always driven back with great loss by our troops. Their artillery, it must, however, be confessed, was remarkably well served, and 'most of their shot entered our embrasures. Captain Monro had five men killed at one gun, but fortu nately our loss, upon the Whole, has been compa ratively trifling. " I understand that Sir Home Popham has re ceived information, that the French fleet, which was supposed. to have ascended the Scheldt as high as Antwerp, is still on this side of Fort Ldlo. We expeti to be sent immediately against Antwerp. — We shall be conveyed by the transports,up one of the branches of the Scheldt, and it is said that a ford has been discovered at the , extremity of South Beveland, where, at low water, 50 or 60 man can cross abreast. The whole of this bland of Walcheren is a gar den. It is finely cultivated. Monnet, the French Gevernorof Flushing, tried to counterad our oper4-! • Lions by an inundation, but this scheme had little circa, and scarce any injury has been dune by the attempt. , " It is the opinion of the best informedwen here that the Island can be maintained against any force the French may employ to retake it. We have placed the men of war in situations where the oldest men in the Island believed there was scarce water enough for a brig. In fast, "the whole fleet has been navigated through the narrow channels that separate the Islands of Zealand, in a manner which astonishes the most expert Dutch Pilots. The transports are stowed here in tiers as crowded as merchantmen in the river Thames.' NAVAL NEWS. PyYMOUTI3, AU (1. qt.—Put back his %Majesty's ship Seq . /tower, with the Tiger transport under con voy, laden with provisions, bound to Corunna. The chasse-maree which arrived here on Saturday last, captured by his Majesty's ship Minerva, Was the Bienfuisant, from Bourdeaux, laden with timber, bound coastwise. Arriven the sloop Faney, REDFRUEN, from Jer sey ; the Pappenburgh galliot, De Prow Catho.rina JACOBS, from Liverpool ; the schooner John, be longing to this port, lawm, master, from Oporto, laden with wine, bound here. Sailed his Majesty's ship Pheasant, of 18 guns, to the eastward. The Schooner John, that arrived here this morn ing from Oporto, sailed tilt: 12th inst. in company with a fleet, consisting of abOut 35 sail, under con voy of his Majesty's ship Tyrian, parted company off this port yesterday ; she left six English vessels at Oporto. She' brings intelligence that the Friends transport arrived there from England, a few days previous to her sailing, with about 5000 stand of arms on board, and another irabsport, laden with shoes, for the use of the Portuguese army, the whole of whicli, together with the arms, were landed the day they arrived, and the next day 5000 Portuguese troops marched from Oporto for Vigo, who were chiefly commanded by British officers. Some de tachments of Portuguese Regiments, amounting to gether to about 8000 men, were left to garrison Oporto, the greater part of which were not armed. Immediately on intelligence being received at Oporto, of the gallant and glorious vidory by the British troops, under the command of Sir ARTHUR WEL LESLEY, aided by a division of the Spanish army un der General CUEsTA, over the French troops under the command of JOSEPH BLYONAPARTE in person, at Talavera de la Reyna, a general illumination took place for three nights. About I too Portuguese troops, who left Oporto to join the British army a few days before the action took place, fell in with a division of the French army, the latter of whom massacred the whole of them. Sailed the Virago gun-brig to the Eastward. SHEERNESS, AuG. 22.—Arrived the Epervier and Manly Jun-brigs ; and Deptford tender, with volun teers and impressed men for the fleet, and proceeded up to Chatham, with 69 French prisoners, sent home in the last West India convoy. COWES, AUG. 22.—A large American ship, named the Manning, T. E. MA KING master, is just ar rived here from Charlestown, out 48 days, with a car o o of sugar, coffee, and rice ; but understand she Wings no particular news. A Pappenburgh bng is also passing through the Road from the Westward, but it blows too fresh for any boats to go off to her. The continual strong westerly winds prevent the Mediterranean and Portugal Convoys from sailing. The troops destined to reinforce Sir ARTHUR W ELLESLET were all embarked the day before yes terday. DEAL, AUG. 22.---Arrived the Idarrnony, Ann• STRONC; and twelve sail more from Opcirto, particu lars unknown. Ten of the above have sailed for the River, and the remainder for Lei,th. Came down from the River, the Effort, TWEEDS'S, Maria, RIPPON, and Adeona, REED, for Oporto. PORTSMOUTH, AUG. 22.—Arrived his Majesty's ship Derwent„. from the West Indies, and his Ma jesty's ship La Loire, from Madeira. AUG. 2 1 .—Two prizes arrived at Grims by yesterday, said to be part of one hundred vessels, captured near the same place. 1 1.iEWFIANTEN, Aug. 22.—A brig and a galliot were captured off here this morning, by two priva teers. It is supposed they are part of the Oporto fleet, which weflt up in the night. Last night the life boat went off from this Port, manned by seven branch pilots, appointed here by the Colletaor of the Customs, vvho boarded a sloop . from Portland, with stone, bound for this Port, the sea wag very high, and had not the life boat gone oti, the sloop must have been taken. An American Gentleman is arrived in towp, who left Paris on the 14th, and Amsterdam on Tout - Way last. We learn the very important tad, that General ARMSTRONG, the Plenipotentiary to France from the United States of America, had reached Amsterdam, having formally divested himself of his 'diplomatic funCtions at Paris. General ARMSTRONG was to Fot)- tinue at Amsterdam until the adjustment of business of some moment with the merchants interested in the American trade. He was, however, shortly to return to Paris, and after settling his prvate concerns in that capital, he was to take his departure for Ame rica in a vessel which was detained tor' the intrpose atßourdeaux. The time axed for his embarkation is early in the month of OCtOlier. DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZE-MONEy. It was Brigadier-General RO:M4T CRAUfURD WllO • To the gun-brig Confli6t, for the capture of ;oihed the' army at Talavera the 29tn.' Brig e adier - Annals, Carnaeltta, La Diane, and L'Atielle, on board the General CATLIN CRAt.TyL , RD was to leave Lisbon on 6aitt vessel, on the 32 d, at Plymouth, and for three m'onths the 128th, 'with fi4l regiments of infantry,B a alter, a; No. 13, Great George-street, Westminster. •• , To tits . gun -or:14 Cunditi 2 rot the captiare of the , ANP-9, further reirlforccuie..l'.t.. HULL, AUG. 12.—The Charles and Frederick, from gottenburg to Grimsby, with deals and iron, upset on the Stone Binks, on Sunday se'nnight ; crew saved. The greatest part of the cargo is got on shore at Spurn, and part at Grimsby. The York, of this port, has been stranded at the mouth of the Rio de la Plata, and only two seamen saved. •, at No. 13,' Great George-street, Westminster, for three months. To the gun-brig Conflia, for the capture of the French schooner Grand Decide, at No. 13, Great George-street, Westminster, for three months. To the gun-brig Clinker, for the capture of the Prussian galliot Ann Sophia, on the yth of September, at No. 1 4, Clement's Inn, and terwards at the same place. To his Majesty's ship Niobe, for the capture of the, Au rora,-at No. a, James-street, Adelphi, for three months, GRAND FETE 4T BLiSEIT PARK, Monday being the anniversay o f his Royal High ness the - Duke of CLARENCE'S Eiti-th, every preert ration was made at Bushy Park and its vicinity for celebrating the return of that day. The morning was ushered in by the ringing of bells at Kingston, Hampton, Hampton-court, and other villages. His Royal .Highness attained his 44th year, and during the early pact of the day he received the visits and congratulations of the surrounding Nobility and Gentry. At one o'clock three rounds Were fired from 21 guns placed at the extremity of the- lawn. Some time after the Duke of BRUNSWICK Ons drove up in a chariot and four. He was met at the front entrance by , the Prince of WAIAS and the Duke of CLARENCE, who received his Highness with the strongst expressions of regard. The bands be longing to the Dukes of Yoßa. and KENT, were in attendance, dressed in new uniforms and they per formed several exquisite pieces of martial music. A royal salute of 21 guns added to the ectrtt of the illustrious visitant Hia Highness appeared hig , hly pleased by the attention he received. He was OW. duded to the drawing-room by the Duke of CLA RENCE, followed by the PRINCE. Three quarters of an hour after his Highness arrived, he left Bushy on a visit to the Duchess of York at Oatlands, and re turned in the evening to dinner. The Dukes of SUSSEX, KENT, CUMBERLAND, and CAMBRIDGE, also arrived in their carriages, and the Duke of CLARENCE concluded his Royal Brothers to the drawing-room, which was fitted up for the occasion with peculiar taste and elegance. About eight, a most sumptuous dinner was served up in the dining-room, on a superb service of plate. The ornaments were arranged-in grand style, and the eye was gratified at every glance. Bands of music were stationed in the anti-chamber, the doors of which were thrown open, and they performed alternately. After•the cloth was remov ed, the Duke of CLARENCE gave " The KING," with three times three. It was drank with enthu siasm. The band then played, " God Save the King," the company joining their voices. The chorus was grand, the effect delightful and beyond description. The Duke of CLARENCE next gave • the" QUEEN," which was drank with tlie sario degree of heart-felt satisfaCtion, Vie next gave " The glorious memory of the. immortal NE and the Navy," which was drank mobile the Band performed " Rule Britannia."—The Prince of WALES then proposed " The Health of the Duke of CLARENCE, and many happy returns of the day," which was drank with three times three. The Prince of WALES'S Health followed, and excited !be usual expressions of enthusiasm. The PRINCE 0 0 '4 gave " The Duke of BRUNSWICK °Ens, and ills Noble Followers."—His Highness appeared Much affected, and returned his thanks to the company.- - After dinner the weather proved fair, and th e . Duke of CLARENCE ordered a platform, which had, made for dancing, to be erected on the Lawn, whit: was thrown open for.all the speaators.. The danc ing was kept up until four o'clock in the The Earl of BARRYMORE, Lord ERsKtNR , A dmirals BOWATER and HoTHAM, Generals CALYEUD, C* WRIGHT; &C. were among the company. • . • A Gentleman lately 'arrived from Holism:Lon a who left Paris the latter end of July, states tbsc BUONAPARTE, in his late condna towards the Port! I was actuated by a spirit of resentment against his Holiness, for his . refusal to sanction I,is infamong usurpation in Spain. Upon BUONAPARTE'S en traiice into Madrid, he wrote a letter to the Pope, request' ing his Holiness to repair immecii oely to that cult in order to crown his brother Jossigt. This ex e" client the subtle Tyrant had recourse 10 from the fea which he knew the interference of the Holy Cv the would have upon the minds of the Spanish pew ple, devoted as they are to the catholic faith. 1 116 Pope, however, to his credit be it related, so far froto complying with the unprincipled request, or eo' teeing into the perfidious projects of the Usurper' returned an immediate answer, that lie would soonet suffer death than prostitute his sacred °dice to so, infamous a purpose and hence the resentment, a no system of spoliation to which BLIONA24.IITE hai h 2 recourse, in respeti to the territories of the Rottnal Pontiff. The Officers of the Royal Merioneth, Flint , ona Pembroke Regiments of Militia , gave a grand a lt and supper at B shill, on the 18th inst. , t liich wa g attended by all the fashionablgs in that neghbour" hood. Report says that the Dutch Volunteers have re' fused to march against the British troops about tone disembarked on the shores of the Scheidt. At the coronation of the present King of SwtD6.4o a medal was struck, beariu on tiie one side hi image, with these words :--Charles XIII. King ° I Sweden', the Goths and Vandals, crowned in I da s' l and on the other the following inscription--Them fare of my people is my first low. op The Hoe, near Plymouth, is perhaps , with onl exception, the most delightful promenade i n , 0 • kingdom ; the prospe&s it commands ate very be 3 7l, tiful and piauresque. The Corporation of Piplo ° lo have employed labourers to level it, and seat s to be built on different parts for the accommodati% of the public. CAMDEN gives the following .aecou.',i_ of it :—" Between the town and the sea is an 111 `,; called the Haw, on the top of which is a delicTet level or plain, which affords a very pleasant proslooi on all sides, and a curious compass for the use. Ish mariners. From this hill it is fabled th at the COlll_, giant Corinmus, wrestling with the giant Gaging"' threw him headlong into the sea." bi s I The large flock of Spanish sheep belonging t l) MAJESTY, and which are now in St. Jane's Pa _ eri are about to be presented to a number of GentlerPoir, , n d Breeders in the different parts of the kittg: l _ to .iiis MAJESTY has requested of Sir J oss Pit point out the persons to whom they might be 11 , 0 5 properly assigned for the benefit of the pubilc• clt is we, see upon all occasions our venerable Niona: anxious to prove that he is what pol i ticia ns at " r o T losophers have so long desired to see, a true